Water Breaks in Class

[GeneChing]

...made me totally misread your initial question on water breaks.

Right now, I'm training under Yan Fei at O-Mei Kung Fu. We get a water break after our warm ups and jibengong. We often get another to break up form recital and lessons.

My old fencing coach, the late great Maestro Michael D'Saro, used to ban water breaks during training. He could be a real hard ass sometimes.

[Lucas]

check this out, about tea.

i remember reading that back in the railroad construction days, many of the americans were getting sick because of foul drinking water. many of the chinese working on the rails were not suffering the same outbreaks, because they tended to drink only tea, boiling their water before hand and cleansing it of bacteria.

[BoulderDawg]

Tea? Many in our school drink tea of all kinds but not during a workout.

In times past there was a worry about polluted water, in fact that how beer came about, but these days, unless you're in a undeveloped country there is no need to worry.

I don't know, a beer might be nice in the middle of a workout.

[Reverend Tap]

My school has 1 1/2-2 hour classes (at least, for the adult classes), no water breaks. Not for purposes of eating bitter or anything, but just basically because my sifu wants to use that time as efficiently as possible.

I thought that was rather cruel at first, especially because I tend toward dehydration, but after I finally got into the habit of drinking as much water as I need to the day before and day of class, it's not a problem. We will, on a rare occasion, have someone get lightheaded in class, and if it doesn't immediately go away Sifu will, of course, let the student in question get a drink while they're sitting out.

I usually slug some Powerade right after class, then tea when I get home. I was in the habit of drinking coconut juice after every workout and loved it, but have since been told by a few people that it's actually not good for you to drink that right after a strenuous workout.

[David Jamieson]

water and tea.

sips throughout the workout.

try to keep hydrated always. It's good for your kidneys and keeps the stones away.

(no mick jagger jokes please)

[Shaolinlueb]

if its a really warm day. since we work hard. i try to keep them hydrated every 15-20 minute for water. give them 30 seconds for a quick mouthful and thats it. class isn't sweating too bad, then none.